Frankie Edgar has called for a featherweight title shot after his destruction of Cub Swanson on Saturday night, and it makes sense – he’s already paid like a champ. Edgar was the top earner at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Swanson.
Before we go any further, we should note that the Texas Athletic Commission doesn’t release fighter pay info, so none of the following salary data for the event is official. However, you can get a fairly accurate picture of a fighter’s pay based on official purse info released from past fights (and from future fights – we go back and update these numbers as more info becomes available). So, based on that info, here is the estimated pay breakdown for the 24 fighters that traded blows at the event (but please remember – this is only an estimate, not official info, especially for any fighters that made their UFC debuts at the event).
Attendance: 10,131
Gate: $670,032
Frankie Edgar: $330,000 ($140,000 to show, $140,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Joseph Benavidez: $96,000 ($48,000 to show, $48,000 win bonus)
Oleksiy Oliynyk: $92,000 ($21,000 to show, $21,000 win bonus, $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus)
Edson Barboza: $68,000 ($34,000 to show, $34,000 win bonus)
Paige VanZant: $66,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Kailin Curran: $58,000 ($8,000 to show, $50,000 Fight of the Night bonus)
Cub Swanson: $44,000
Matt Wiman: $36,000 ($18,000 to show, $18,000 win bonus)
Brad Pickett: $30,000
Chico Camus: $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 win bonus)
Bobby Green: $24,000
Yves Edwards: $24,000
Ruslan Magomedov: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
James Vick: $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 win bonus)
Dustin Ortiz: $18,000
Roger Narvaez: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Akbarh Arreola: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Doo Ho Choi: $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 win bonus)
Jared Rosholt: $14,000
Luke Barnatt: $14,000
Isaac Vallie-Flagg: $12,000
Nick Hein: $10,000
Josh Copeland: $8,000
Juan Manuel Puig: $8,000
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